Ch. 14 - Disorders Flashcards
Medical model proposes that it is…
proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as disease
Etiology is the…
apparent causation and developmental history of an illness
Prognosis is the…
forecast about the probable course of an illness
Criteria of abnormal behavior is…
makes you sick or a criminal, very objective (judgment calls), societies meaning associated with it
Criteria of abnormal behavior includes (3)
- Deviance
- Maladaptive behavior (distressful)
- Personal distress
Deviance (Defintion)
differs from what society considers acceptable
Transvestic fetishism is a… where…
sexual disorder where men achieve arousal by dressing in women’s clothing
Maladaptive behavior (distressful) interferes with a person’s…
social or occupational functioning, thrive, do well, and survive in that society
Personal distress is when…
person does not want to be this way— people make you feel bad for being a certain way
SZASZ is a…
And the medial model is not appropriate for the ___ only the ___
mental illness model
• Medial model not appropriate for the mind, only the body
Generalized anxiety disorder is marked by…
marked by chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat
Generalized anxiety disorder is related to (who/how)?
Freud: free floating because there is no reason or trigger
Panic disorder is…
feelings of terror that strike for no reason (no trigger)— overreaction of nervous system
Specific phobia is…
persistent, extreme, and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger
OCD is…
persistent, uncontrollable intrusion of unwanted thoughts (obsessions — cause anxiety) and urges to engage in senseless rituals (compulsions — to reduce anxiety
Post traumatic stress disorder involves…
enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event
Dissociative disorders are a class of disorders in which people…
lose contact with portions of their consciousness or memory, resulting in disruption in their sense of identity— NOT amnesia
Dissociative amnesia is a…
sudden loss of memory for an important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting
Dissociative identity disorder (formerly named: __) is…
formerly named multiple personalities disorder— two or more distinct personalities that cannot overlap
Major depressive disorder is when people show…
Rates are…
persistent feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure
-Rates are twice as high in women
Mania is when someone has…
too much energy— irrational thinking, fast movements, hyper, hallucinations/delusions
Schizophrenia is marked by… (4)
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior
Schizophrenia emerges during… and prevents people from doing… because…
adolescence and early adulthood… anything in life because they cannot think straight (cognitive)
